The news was confirmed by the Dancing On Ice Twitter account on Wednesday morning (06Dec17), with a message reading: "@Lemar will be taking @MontyPanesar's place in #DancingOnIce 2018, skating with @lemoalmelody. What are his chances? Right about now we're 50/50.." It was previously revealed that Monty had suffered an ankle fracture while training for the show with his French partner Melody, with a source telling The Sun newspaper: "Monty suffered a nasty fall during training and has badly injured his ankle. It's a quite serious fracture and he's out of the competition. "He's been told there's no way he can be part of the new series, which he's absolutely devastated about. Lemar was obviously gutted to hear about Monty's accident but is thrilled to have got the call up to the show. He's been putting in plenty of hours of training." Due to the dangerous nature of the ITV show, bosses have a wide array of understudy celebrities, who can step in if one of the original cast is injured. Lemar is most famous for his appearance on BBC talent show Fame Academy in 2002, in which he came third. He launched a solo career off the back of the programme, with hits including If There's Any Justice, Tick Tock and 50/50. He'll be joined on Dancing On Ice by Coronation Street's Antony Cotton and Brooke Vincent, Love Island's Kem Cetinay, former Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown, Bucks Fizz singer Cheryl Baker, rugby star Max Evans, former X Factor star Jake Quickenden and track and field athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton.